Nature The Japanese brown and black bear thread

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A Canadian tourist was attacked by a bear close to the Goshikinuma Ponds, a popular tourist spot in the foothills of Mount Bandai in Fukushima. When we went there three years ago, the friendly people at the local tourist information centre urged us not to hike there with dogs.

The woman was strolling alone at Goshikinuma Ponds, a popular tourist spot in the foothills of Mount Bandai, when the bear scratched her face and right arm at around 3 p.m., police and local firefighters said. The bear then vanished into the woods. The woman was taken to hospital after the incident, but her injuries are not life-threatening. On Thursday night, a 73-year-old local woman in Iwate Prefecture, also in northeastern Japan, suffered injuries to her left wrist and right shoulder after being attacked by a bear outside a barn where she had milked some cows. Earlier that day at the farm, police believe a bear had made off with some animal feed made from corn.

Canadian tourist injured in bear attack in Fukushima Prefecture

A Canadian tourist in her 30s sustained injuries Friday after a bear attacked her in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, the latest in a series of such incidents across the country. The woman was strolling alone at Goshikinuma Ponds, a popular tourist spot in the foothills of Mount Bandai...

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